For radio, a different division of responsibilities was established. CPB created National Public Radio NPR in as a news-gathering, production, and program-distribution company governed by its member public radio stations. Unlike its public television counterpart, NPR is authorized to produce radio programs for its members as well as to provide, acquire, and distribute radio programming through its satellite program distribution system.
NPR Inc. These include reviewing and updating of policies and training with respect to the role of NPR journalists appearing on other media outlets, reviewing and defining their roles including those of news analysts in a changing news environment, and encouraging a broad range of viewpoints to reflect the diversity of NPR's national audiences. At the same time these recommendations were announced, Ellen Weiss, vice president of news for NPR, resigned; it was also announced that Vivian Schiller, then president and chief executive at NPR, would not receive a bonus for On March 9, , Ms.
Schiller resigned, over continued scrutiny and criticism over NPR's handling of an incident regarding Ronald Schiller no relation in a taped interview. These incidents brought intense scrutiny to NPR from public policymakers. Approximately 42 million people listen to NPR stations weekly; 3.
For funding levels, see Table 1. From the last year of available information, the U. The remaining The largest single income source Federal appropriations which go through CPB to the individual public radio and television stations generally are designated as unrestricted federal funds.
However, member stations also pay NPR fees for content and programming; some contend that federal grant money is supporting part of the revenue streams back to NPR Inc. A history of CPB appropriations is presented in Table 1.
Table 1. CPB Federal Appropriations. Allowance not included in House bill because of lack of authorizing legislation.
Transition Quarter funding, during which federal budget year changed from July to September. Includes funds appropriated for the Satellite Replacement Fund.
Similarly, the President's budget request did not provide separate funding for digital or, where applicable, interconnection replacement, but would have permitted CPB to use a portion of its general appropriation to fund both. Reduced 5. There was significant legislative interest and activity regarding federal funding for CPB from the end of the th Congress through the th Congress.
During the "lame duck" period of the th Congress in November , Representative Lamborn sought to have his bill considered for floor action in the House, but this action was defeated by a vote of In response, Representative Earl Blumenauer OR defended public broadcasting by stating that "National Public Radio is one of the few areas where the American public can actually get balanced information.
On January 5, , Representative Lamborn introduced H. The first bill, like its predecessor H. The second bill would have prohibited federal funding to organizations incorporated for specified purposes related to 1 broadcasting, transmitting, and programming over noncommercial educational radio broadcast stations, networks, and systems; 2 cooperating with foreign broadcasting systems and networks in international radio programming and broadcasting; 3 assisting and supporting such noncommercial educational radio broadcasting pursuant to the Public Broadcasting Act of ; or 4 acquiring radio programs from such organizations.
In effect, it would have prohibited any individual public radio station from using federal funding to engage in transactions with NPR Inc. Both bills were referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Furthermore, restrictions on the authority of CPB—a Congressionally chartered, independent, nonprofit organization—to make competitive grants to NPR, or any other public broadcasting entity, is misguided. Other legislation was introduced addressing federal support for public broadcasting.
On March 15, , Representative Lamborn introduced H. The House Rules Committee passed H. No further action was taken on this bill. Other proposals in the th Congress addressed federal funding for public broadcasting. Trump hadn't weighed in to the calls to defund NPR because of the article, but his budgets from the past four years proposed cutting budgets to the CPB. He also questioned the reason behind NPR's existence in January.
Although federal funding accounts for a small percentage of NPR's budget, the outlet calls it "essential" to public radio's service to the public. Eliminating funding would result in fewer programs and less local journalism and eventually cause radio stations to disappear, "particularly in rural and economically distressed communities," NPR said.
NPR Twitter Trump. Read more. Public media is a public-private partnership in the best tradition of America's free enterprise system. Federal funds, distributed through CPB grants to local stations, provide critical seed money and basic operating support.
CPB, in addition to direct payment to public media stations, pays for the system's technical backbone, copyright and other fees, and makes major investments in national content from which all stations and the families they serve benefit. Specifically, the annual federal investment in public media assures universal access to public media's educational programming and public services for all Americans, as mandated by the Public Broadcasting Act of By law CPB is prohibited from producing or broadcasting programming.
The President of the United States appoints each board member, who, after confirmation by the U. Senate, serves a six-year term. The board, in turn, appoints the president and chief executive officer, who then names the other corporate officers. Individual contributions are the largest source of revenue for public media entities, which primarily come through membership donations to local stations.
CPB also supports local public media stations. In fact, by law, 95 percent of CPB's appropriation from the federal government goes to support local television and radio stations, programming, and improvements to the public broadcasting system. Other sources of funding include state and local governments and educational institutions, philanthropic foundations and other non-profit organizations, private businesses, and private colleges and universities.
CPB does not produce or broadcast programs. CPB awards grants to a variety of producers to create programs that air on public media stations. Public media stations are operated by a variety of licensees including non-profit community organizations, public and private colleges and universities, local school districts and state governments.
By law CPB does not own, operate or control any broadcast stations. More than 1, locally owned and operated public media stations receive support from CPB. You can find your station here. Contact your local station to find out when a program is scheduled to air. Many programs are also available to view or listen to online at your convenience. There are many ways to get programs on the air.
CPB invests limited funds in the production of innovative, diverse content that aligns with CPB's mission—to provide universal access to high-quality educational programming, especially to underserved audiences. CPB-supported content must be distributed through public media outlets, so collaborative ventures between independent producers and public media stations are highly encouraged.
Depending on the scope of the program, producers may complete the project on their own, or may require assistance from additional funders or a radio or television distributor. Producers then have to pitch their program to a public media distributor who may market the program to broadcast stations throughout the country.
Public media stations fund the content and services they provide to communities across the country with support from CPB's federal appropriation and with contributions from individuals and underwriters. By law, 95 percent of the federal appropriation CPB receives is provided as grants to local television and radio stations, programming, and improvements to the public broadcasting system.
CPB appreciates your interest in learning how to support public media and encourages you to consider contributing to your local public television and radio stations.
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